Ticket printing or marking and issuing machine



July 9, 1929. w, woo 1.720.254

TICKET PRINTING OR MARKING AND ISSUING MACHINE Filed Aug. 31, 1928Patented July 9, 1929.

:UNITEDSTATES 1,720,254 PATENT oFFIcE,

ANTHONY WHITE WOOD, F UZPPER NORWOOD, LONDON, ENGLAND.

TICKET PRINTING QR MARKING AND ISSUING MACHINE.

Application filed August 31, 1928, Serial No.

operating means for causing relative move- I ment between the markingmeans and a platen or the like to effect the marking of the ticket asrequired.

The chief object of the present invention is to provide variousimprovements in this type of machine which enable a compact and easilyoperated machine to be produced.

According to one feature of the presentinvention the marking means whichmay print, cmboss, perforate or otherwise mark the ticket are mounted soas to be rotatable about a horizontal axis or more than one) which isparallel with the back of the machine and the ticket strip is caused topass through the machine in a horizontal path parallel with the back ofthe "machine when -n 1oving"into the marking position and to emerge orissue from one side of the machine after having been marked. When themarking means con'iprise wheels, drums or the like having peripheralmarking devices, they may be disposed on or around a horizontal shaft,barrel or the like parallel with the back of the machine so as to berotatable together or independently. I In the case of two or more wheelsor drums which are used for the same purpose, say for marking farestages of which there may be a considerable number, a

carryingover mechanism is provided for the successive operation of thesaid wheels or drums.

invention is that the handle (which may be a rotatable wheel or drum)for setting the marking means so constructed that the conductors fingercan be placed at any one of a series of positlons thereon representingsay different fare values, whereupon the said handle or member can bemoved or rotated moved within the machine by operating an exteriorhandle or lever in such manner as to Another feature of the present303,347, and in Great Britain June 11,- 1927.

engage with the ticket strip and cause the same to be pushed or131'018Ct6d through an opening in the side of the machine after theticket has been marked sothat the marked portion constituting the ticketand projecting through the side of the machine can be gripped so as tobe severed from the ticket strip. When the marking of the ticket iseffected by printing, a piece of carbonribbon or strip in a frame or thelike may, according to a further feature of this invention, be looselyand detachably interposed between the type on the marking drums orwheels and the platen so that the printing can be effected at differentplaces on the carbon strip to avoid continual or repeated printing atone position thereon, A further feature of the invention .i'stheprovision of a movable top or cover which can be ,depressed for thepurpose of effecting themarking of the ticket, and for this purpose thesaid movable top or cover maybe depressed to cause the platen to move orpress against the marking means. A machine having the characteristicsabove referred to may also comprise improved means for perforatingarecord strip in accordance with the value of the fare paid each time theticket ismarked to indicate the fare paid, so that this record striphaving perferatitais corresponding to or representing the differentfares paid in conjunction with other perforations representing otherconditions or characteristics if desired can when removed from themachine be used in a statistical machine in connection with thecompilation of statistics pertaining to passenger" trafiic or fortraflic analysis. Thesaid mechanism for perforatingthe record strip asaforesaid may be disposed entirely at one side or part of the machineand the means employed for selecting and setting the fare marking meansmay be employed for simultaneously setting perforating devices thatperforate the record strip insuch manner as to a-greeavith the value ofthe fare paid which isto be marked on the ticket by the aforesaidmarking means. The mechanism for causing the ticket strip to be marked,for example the aforesaid movable top or cover may also be utilized tooperate the punches or the like that perforate the record strip.

Inorder that the said invention may be clearly understood and readilycarried into effect, the same will now be described more fully withreference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawings in which Figure 1 isa front view of the interior mechanism of one ,construction of themachine.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure1.

Figure 3' is a plan view of the mechanism.

shown in Figure 1 with the cover plate re ting around the said box orcasing 2. In

this example the fare marking wheel 5 is rigidly mounted on a barrel orshaft 6 rotat ably mounted in suitable bearings 7 carried on the backpla te'l, the outer end of the said barrel or shaft having a settingwheel or disc 8 for rotating the said barrel or shaft (5 and setting thefare marking wheel 5 against the action of a suitable spring (notshown). The said setting wheel or disc 8 is provided with depressions 9as shown in Figure 5 which are marked to indicate different fare values.The said fare marking wheel 5 is set by the conductor placlngahnger nany of the depressions 9 around the said setting wheel 8 correspondingto the value of the fare paid and rotating the said wheel 8 until thelinger comes into contact with a fixed stop 10 see Figure 5 mounted onthe casing so as to cause the barrel or shaft 6 with the fare markingwheel 5 thereon to be rotated to bring the marking means on the said.

marking Wheel 5 corresponding to the value of-the fare paid into theposition for efleeting the marking of the ticket. This movement iseffected against the action of a spring- 1 notv shown Which may becontained within the fare marking wheel 5 and is attached at one end tothe barrel or shaft 6 and at the other end to an adjacent fixed part.The

fare markingwheel 5 is retained in the position by means or a pawl 11engaging with a ratchet wheel 12 on the sine of the fare marking wheel;The other fare marking wheels or devices are mounted on a barrel orshaft 13 in alignment with the aforesaid barrel or shaft 6 but separatetherefrom so that it can be rotated independently. Loosely mounted onthis separate barrel or shaft is a wheel or segment 1 1 bearingindications such as Mid-day tickets, Through tickets, Childrens ticketsetc., and this may for example be set in the required position by alever 15 that can enga e a ratchet wheel 16 on this marking segmentwhich is moved against the action of a spring, not shown and retained inthe desired position by means of a pawl 17 engaging with the ratchetwheel secured to this segment 14. Fixed on the said barrel or shaft 13is the units fare stage wheel 18 which by means of any suitable or knownconstructions of carrying over mechanism 19 operates the tens wheel 20.For the purpose of setting the wheel 18 a lever projecting into theinterior of the -asing may be provided or as shown a knurled Wheel 21may be provided on the outer end of the shaft 13 so that the latter canbe rotated in order to set the fare stage wheel 18 to the desiredposition in which it is retained by means of a spring controlled arm 22mounted 011 a rocking shaft 23 and bearing against the teeth of thetoothed wheel 24 which is fixed to rotate with the said units fare stagewheel 18. The ticket strip 25 which is shown in. the form of a foldedpack but may be roll, may be inserted into a space 26 through aclo'sable opening in the casing 2 and the strip passes over a platen 27whence it emerges through an opening in the side of the casing. Theplaten 27 is adapted to be raised for the p ur pose of pressing theticket strip against the type on the said marking wheels or segments forprinting the ticket through a carbon strip 28 which is contained in ametal frame 29 and adapted to be readily inserted between the platen andthe said marking wheels andto be loosely held in position. For effectingthe printing or marking operation the cover plate 3is adapted to heslidably moved or depressed sharply by the conduetor. The said coverplate has a series of rods 30 which pass through holes in the bearingsor blocks 7 attached to the back plate of the machine, springs 31 beinginterposed between. the said cover plate and the hearings or blocks 7around the rods as shown in, Figures l and 2. One of these rods isadapted to bear on a bar 32 carried on the outer end of a rocking member33 in such manner that when the rocking member is depressed by print theticket with the desired particulars.

The platen is normally retained in the lower position by means of aspring which may be secured to a casing (not shown) that fits over therocking member 33 and the links 34 and which maintains the rockingmember 33 111 a horizontal position with its end bar ready to beactuated by the aforesaid rod on the depressibl'e cover plate 3. Afterthe cover plate has been depressed to effect shaft-carrying them may beconnected or geared to the fare marking wheel or the the printingoperation in the manner described it is returned to the normal positionby means of the springs 31. The upper part of the casing containing theplaten and the links 34 and rocking member may be formed with guides orrunners on which the outer parts or edges of the ticket strip can besupported. In order to cause the ticket after having been printed to beissued from the machinea slidable device or frame 36 is provided andthis is normally retained in a raised position with spring fingers 3'?at its 'ends out of engagement with the ticket strip. Inclined faces 38are provided on the said frame 36 so that by causing the latter to bemoved in the bearings 7 against the action of a spring 39, the inclinedfaces press against the bearing 7 to cause the. frame 36 to be loweredso that the fingers 37 project on to the outer parts or edges of theticket strip resting on the aforesa d guides or runners, and cause thestrip to be moved for- I ward along the guides or runners so as toproject through the opening in' the side of the casing. series oftransverse perforations are providedin the ticket strip to divide theticket into a numberof sections representing a number of tickets andwhen the strip is moved forward in the manner aforesaid, theperforations are adapted to engage with fixed pins 40 or the like sothat the projecting part of the ticket can be readily torn off orsevered at the said perforations. For the purpose of moving the frame 36 a two-arm lever41 is pivotally mounted on the back plate of the frame,and

adapted to receive a handle or trigger 42' whichcanbe inserted through aslot in the casing 2 so to fix on to the lever 41 which can be depressedagainst the action of a spring. The operating handle or trigger 42mounted on the pin or spindle 44 carrying I is so placed that it can beoperated by the lower part of the hand when in position for severing ortearing off the printed or pro ectmg ticket. The upper end of the saidlever 41 which is adapted to engage with a pin or the like on the saidframe 86 in order to cause it to move for ejecting the ticket is alsoadapted to engage with an arm 43 the aforesaid pawls "11 and 17.. Thearm 43 is providedwith fa bevelled or inclined surface so that when itis engaged by the said lever 41 it is moved so as to rock the pin' 44and raise the said pawls 11 and 1'? out" of engagement with theaforesaid ratchet wheels 12 and 16. thereby enabling the fare printingwheel 5 and also the printing seg-' merit 14 to be returned to thenormal or zero position by springs not shown. If desired means maybe'provided whereby the setting of the fare marking wheel effects thesetting of marking devices or wheels that mark fare stages such asdestinations on the ticket and for this purposethe latter Wheels or themarking wheel 5. The recordstrip 45 is adapted to be unwound from aspool 46 on to a spool 47 and it passes through a die 48 having holes toreceive punches or perforators 49 which are retained in a raisedposition in the said holes by means of springs 50 and which are adaptedto be depressed against the action of the said springs for perforatingthe record strip. In the example shown a series of perforators areadapted to be used singly or in different groups orcombinations inorderto provide holes in different positions or different groups orcombinations of holes to represent the different fare values indicatedon the aforesaid fare marking wheel 5. .For the purpose of depressingthe perforators according to the value of the fare, a rotatableselecting cylinder 51 is mounted inthe aforeabovethe punchesorperforators 49 and it is provided with a series of holes 52 inconjunction 'with plain or blank surfaces 53 (see Figure 8), whichlatter are adapted to bepressed against the upper ends of the punches orperforators 49 to depress those ofthe latter which are so engaged Whilstthe'holes 52 permit the aforesaid selecting cylinder 51 to be depressedto move without depressing those perforatorswhich-are fitting in thesaidholes so that only theselected perforator orperforators are operated.The holes 52 are placed at different posit-ions along and around theselecting cylinder 51 and the arrangement. may be such that differentperforators or combinations ofperforators can be operated according tothe angular position of the selecting cylinder to perforate the recordstrip accordingly. The said selectingcylinder 51-is adapted to beangularly moved or rotated'byineans of a crown wheel 54or the likeon'the shaft 6 carrying the fare marking wheel 5 engaging witha pinion55 onavertic'alspindle or arbor 56, the.upp'er end of which has anelongated pinion 57 which is' engaged by a crown wheel 58 011 theaforesaid selecting surfaces and the holes therein can bebrought intothe operative position for actuating the punches or perforators 49.Therefore when llU the fare marking wheel is set by the setting .handle8 as hereinbefore described, the selecting cylinder 51 is rotated tobring the corresponding series of holes and blanks into the position forenabling the corresponding perforator or perforators to be depressed forperforating the ticket with a hole or series of holes corresponding tothe value of the fare paid. In this example a clockwork spring device 58maybe provided for causing the record strip to be unwound from the spool46 on to the spool 47. The record stripis provided with a series ofpositioning holes 59 throughout its length which are engaged by teeth orpins on a toothed wheel 60 rotatably mounted in the said die 48. Thiswheel 60 is normally held against rotation by a pivoted springcontrolled pallet or release device 61 which is adapted to be operatedunder certain conditions to free the controlling wheel 60 in order tovallow the rec- .ord strip to be moved forward to the extent of one stepafter having been perforated. For this purpose a depending projection 62011 the cover late 3 may engage with the tail of the pallet 61 in orc erto rock the latter so that it allows the tension on the record strip dueto the clockwork spring to rotate the controlling wheel and also thespool 46 v on the toothed wheel 24 engaging with the said arm so thatthe spindle 23 is rocked V and depresses an arm 63 fixed thereon, which1 is adapted to hear at its free end on an additional punch orperforator 64 mounted in the'said die 48 so that this punch can be moveddownwardly against a spring when the arm 63 isso rocked to perforate therecord strip with a hole which represents the fare stage. After a .farestage hole has been punched in the record strip it is necessary tooperate the aforesaid pallet 61 to enable the record strip to be moved astep forward and for this purpose another arm 65 may be fixed on thesaid spindle 23 to engagev with the tail of the pallet in order to rockthe same so that the said controlling wheel 60 is released to allow therecord strip to be moved by the clockwork spring 58.

. Step by step counting devices may be provided and one of these devices66 may be lo- .cated in a position so as to be operated by a gear wheelon the shaft 6 carrying the fare Jmarking wheel 5 so that it shows thetotal amount of the different fares paid. Another counting device 67 maybe provided and this is adapted to be operated by one of the rods 30 onthe cover plate search timev mechanism 19.

the latter is depressed so that this counting mechanism indicates thenumber of times the lid is depressed and therefore the number of ticketsissued. In order that the positions of the fare stage wheels may bereadily observed, a series of numbers representing units may be markedon the face of the operating wheel 21 (see Figure 7) that sets the farestage wheel, and numbers represent ing tens may be provided on a disc 68fixed on a rotatable pin or spindle carrying one of the toothed wheelsof the carry over Arrows or the like may be provided on the casing asshown so that the positions of the numbered disc (38 and wheel 21 can bereadily observedto indicate the positions of the fare stage wheels.v

hat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesis :f

1. In a ticket marking and issuing machine, the combinationof a casing,a plurality of marking members adjustable about a common axis within thecasing, means extendingto the exterior of the casing for'a djusting saidmembers about said axis, a platen, a strip of paper supported within thecasing and extending between the platen and marking members to anopening in a wall of the casing, said strip being provided with aplurality of longitudinally.spaced transverse rows of perforations,means for effecting relative movement between the platen and markingmembers to print on the section of the paper strip positioned betweenthem, means for feeding the strip.

longitudinally through the said opening 1n the casing, and a pluralityof pins supported by the casing and adapted to enter the row ofperforations in the strip adjacent the said openmg.

2. A machine as in claim 1 comprising an ejector for causing a markedticket to issue from a side of the machine andmeans where by the markingmeans will be returned to initial position when the ejector device isoperated. v

8..A machine as in claim 1 including a record strip, means for movingthe record strip in the machine, punches for perforating the recordstrip when the fare marking device marks the ticket strip, and meanswhereby additional punching means can be operated by the fare stagemarking device so as to punch holes in the record strip t indicate the.fare stages.

4. A machine as in claim 1 comprising means for receiving a record stripin the machine, punches for perforating said record strip, means foroperating the punches when the ticket marking means are actuated, a diethrough which the record strip is moved and which co-operates with thesaid punches, a toothed wheel engaging holes in the said record strip,and an escapementde vice for controlling movement of said wheel.

5. A machine as in claim 1 comprising means for moving a record strip,punches for perforating said strip, a selecting device for enabling therequired punches to be selected, and a movable top adapted to beoprelation to the marking members.

7. A portable ticket marking and issuing machine of the kind referredto, comprising a fare marking device, a platen for cooperating with saidmarking device, a ticket strip, a record strip, means for moving therecord strip, punches for perforating the record strip, a die containingsaid punches, selector means synchronized With the fare marking deviceso as to be set by the latter to operate the required punches When thefare marking device marks the ticket strip, an additional punch in thesaid die, and independent means for automatically operating theadditional punch to perforate the record strip to indicate fare stagesthereon upon operation of the'machine.

8, Aportable ticket marking and issuing machine of the kind referred to,comprising a fare marking device, a fare stage marking device, a platenfor cooperating with said marking devices, a ticket strip, a recordstrip, means for moving the record strip, punches for perforating therecord strip, a die containing said punches, selector means synchronizedWith the fare marking device so as to be set by the latter to operatethe required punches When the fare marking device marks the ticketstrip, an additional punch in said die and means Wherebythe operation ofthe fare stage marking device automatically sets the additional punch toperforate the record strip to indicate fare stages upon operation of themachine.

ANTHONY WHITE WOOD.

